Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Saturday
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Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns at Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Saturday, November 14, 2009 Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN – 3:19pm CT Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns (5-4) About This Week… Louisiana and Middle Tennessee will meet for the 11th time, with the Cajuns holding a 6-4 edge in the series (Bustle 5- Sept. 5 SOUTHERN 42-19 W (ESPN360) 2)…UL has won five of the last six meetings, including the Sept. 12 KANSAS STATE 17-15 W Sept. 19 at #9 Louisiana State (ESPNU) 3-31 L last three games played in Murfreesboro…The Cajuns are 3- 2 all-time in Murfreesboro (Bustle 3-1)…UL attempts to win Sept. 26 at #25 Nebraska (FSN PPV) 0-55 L Oct. 3 OPEN six games for the fourth time in the last five seasons (last done at UL from 1986-89)…The Cajuns blocked MT’s Oct. 10 NORTH TEXAS* (SBN) 38-34 W chance at six wins last year with a 42-28 victory in the Oct. 17 at Western Kentucky* 30-22 W season finale…UL is also trying to finish 3-3 on the road, Oct. 24 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 29-51 L which would mark the third time the team was .500 on the Oct. 31 at FIU* 17-20 OTL road under Coach Bustle (3-3 in 2005 and 2006)…It hasn’t Nov. 7 at Arkansas State* (SBN) 21-18 W happened three times in a five-year period since 1989-93. Nov. 14 at Middle Tennessee* (SBN) 3:19 p.m. About Last Week… Nov. 21 ULM* 6:00 p.m. Blaine Gautier scored his first career touchdown …He is the Nov. 28 TROY* 6:00 p.m. sixth different player to score a rushing touchdown this season…The Cajuns had two sacks in the game, giving the The Sun Belt Conference race… team five in the last two contests…Gerren Blount notched an interception for the second straight week, his third pick of The Sun Belt’s regular season champion will face th a representative from Conference USA in the R&L the season (8 career), as the defense collected three turnovers…The defense has generated seven turnovers in the Carriers New Orleans Bowl. College football’s third last two games…Jordan Topp has a fumble recovery in each bowl game will be held in the Louisiana Superdome of the last two games…Lance Kelley made his first career on Dec. 20 at 7:15 pm and televised live on ESPN. interception…Chris Masson was 28-of-40 (70%) for 229 C-USA has 12 member schools: East Carolina, yards, his fourth straight game with 200+ yards Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern passing…The Cajuns were 10-for-16 on third down, while Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. the Red Wolvers were 0-for-10…ASU was held to 57 yards rushing (on 28 carries) and 239 yards of total offense…It 2009 Sun Belt Football Standings marked the fewest yards allowed by UL since 11/18/06 vs. FIU (53 yards rushing, 190 yards total offense). School Conference Overall Statistical Points of Interest… Troy 6-0 7-2 The Cajuns have allowed just four sacks this season – Middle Tennessee 4-1 6-3 tied for the fewest in the nation with Oklahoma St (9 gms) Louisiana-Monroe 4-1 5-4 and Arizona (8 gms)…The Cajuns are 96-of-155 passing Louisiana 3-2 5-4 (61.9%) with seven passing TD’s to just one interception in Florida Atlantic 2-2 2-6 the team’s five victories. Florida International 2-4 2-7 Getting the Interceptions… Arkansas State 1-3 2-6 The Cajuns have 13 interceptions this season (11 of the 13 North Texas 1-5 2-7 picks have come in the five victories), becoming the first Western Kentucky 0-5 0-9 team to collect double figures in interceptions since C-USA leaders 2003…That ’03 Cajuns defense included four players who East Carolina (East Div.) 4-1 5-4 would eventually sign NFL contracts.…UL leads the SBC in Houston (West Div.) 4-1 8-1 picks and is tied for 11th in the NCAA. Sun Belt Conference Affiliated with R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, St. Petersburg Bowl, Papajohns.com Bowl and AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference has sent its champion to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl since its inception in 2001. This year’s game will be played on December 20th at 7:15 p.m. (CT). The game is set to air on ESPN. Additionally, the Sun Belt Conference has secondary tie-ins with the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl, the PapaJohns.com Bowl, and the St. Petersburg Bowl. Teams from the Sun Belt Conference will be eligible to play in these bowl games if they have a winning record and the primary contracted partners are unable to fill the spots in these games. 2009-010 COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE (Dates and Times are Tentative and Subject to Change – Listed in Order from FWAA, Times are Central) Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Site Matchup Network Texas Dec. 31 / 2:30 p.m. Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. Navy or Conference USA ESPN Brut Sun Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. El Paso, Texas Pac-10 vs. Big East/Big 12 CBS St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 19 / 7 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. Conference USA ESPN San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN Papajohn’s.com Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC ESPN Outback Jan. 1 / 10 a.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 20 / 7:15 p.m. New Orleans, La. Conference USA vs. Sun Belt ESPN New Mexico Dec. 19 / 1:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 27 / 7:15 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Motor City Dec. 26 / 12 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big 12 vs. Mid-American ESPN Meineke Car Care Dec. 26 / 3 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 / 4:30 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. Conference USA vs. SEC ESPN Maaco Las Vegas Dec. 22 / 7 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN International Jan. 2 / 11 a.m. Toronto, Canada Big East vs. Mid-American ESPN2 Insight Dec. 31 / 5 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big 10 vs. Big 12 NFL Advocare V100 Independence Dec. 28 / 4 p.m. Shreveport, La. Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN Roady’s Humanitarian Dec. 30 / 3:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 / 7 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 7 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii Conference USA vs. WAC ESPN GMAC Jan. 6 / 6 p.m. Mobile, Ala. ACC vs. Mid-American ESPN Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. ACC vs. Big East/Big12/Notre Dame CBS Emerald Dec. 26 / 7 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. ACC vs. Pac-10 ESPN EagleBank Dec. 29 / 3:30 p.m. Washington, D.C. ACC vs. Army ESPN AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 / 1 p.m. Arlington, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 6:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Champs Sports Dec. 29 / 7 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big Ten ESPN Capital One Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 / 11 a.m. Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. Conference USA ESPN Valero Alamo Jan. 2 / 8 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big 10 vs. Big 12 ESPN Allstate Sugar Jan. 1 / 7:30 p.m. New Orleans, La. BCS At-Large vs. BCS At-Large FOX Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 / 3:30 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS (Big Ten) vs. BCS (Pac-10) ABC FedEx Orange Jan. 5 / 7 p.m. Miami Gardens, Fla. BCS (ACC) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 4 / 7 p.m. Glendale, Ariz. BCS (Big 12) vs. BCS At-Large FOX Citi BCS National Championship Jan. 7 / 7 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 ABC Head Coach Rickey Bustle… Louisiana head coach Rickey Bustle has guided the Cajuns for seven seasons and enters his eighth year in 2009. Louisiana has now six games and been bowl-eligible in three of the last four seasons. The last time that happened at UL was 1993-95, when the Cajuns won at least six games for three consecutive seasons. Coach Bustle won 23 games in his first five seasons with the Cajuns from 2002-06, including 11 of the last 17 games. UL won only nine games in the five seasons prior to Bustle’s arrival from 1997-2001. Bustle saw his winning percentage increase each of the first four seasons since taking the job in 2002, but regressed to .500 in 2006. His 6-6 record in 2006 was only deemed a regression because of the high standards and raised levels of expectations by the Cajuns and their fans. In fact, Bustle’s 12 wins from 2005-06 were the most in a two-year period since 1994-95. Louisiana went 4-1 at home in 2008, marking the sixth season under Bustle that the Cajuns have been .500 or better at home.